West Virginia is losing a congressional representative in Washington due to population loss, and the House of Delegates is eliminating multi-member districts in favor of 100 single-member districts.

West Virginia was expected to lose a House seat because of the state’s population decline; West Virginia had six House districts until the 1960 census when it lost one seat. It later lost seats ...

Census figures released Thursday show West Virginia lost a higher percentage of its residents than any other U.S. state. “Our population fell by almost 60,000 people,” said Gov. Jim Justice.

West Virginia, Oregon, and Pennsylvania are among the states that had natural decrease last year, or more deaths than births. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

According to another map based on overall population data for each entire state, Texas, for example, also had the largest increase nationwide in its citizens between 2022 and 2023—expanding by ...

The population of Florida increased by 40.9 percent, North Carolina and Georgia by 34.1 percent and South Carolina by 33.5 percent. Texas also recorded an impressive growth of 45.6 percent, from ...

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Justice said that West Virginia "is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years." That’s correct. Every other state gained at least 142,000 residents during that period.

According to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, West Virginia lost a higher percentage of its residents than any other state in the nation. From 2010 to 2020, the population dropped ...